Category: Dragnet

Rather than pay a tax he suspected was being used to expand slave-holding territories, Henry David Thoreau opted for a jail during the Mexican War. His friend, Waldo Ralph Emerson was a convinced opponent of slavery too. Hearing that Henry had been jailed for refusing to pay a small tax, Waldo visited him in prison angrily demanding: “Henry, why are Read more

At that time in 2014 when Nigerians were already boiling with anger that could roast yams, a group of strange bedfellows gathered and struck an evil alliance to buy up people’s anger with a promise of purging the nation of the evils done by the PDP. For 16 years, the PDP had raped Nigeria from vintage openings bequeathing a political Read more

First, it was on the news that traditional rulers in Ebonyi State had been directed by the state government under penalty of sanction to create grazing areas for Fulani herdsmen in their different communities. Added was also a warning to Ebonyi farmers to be wary of implements they carry to farms to avoid confrontation with AK49 wielding herdsmen invading their Read more

On September 21, 1457, Albert VI, Archduke of Austria founded the Uni-Freiburg, Germany, as the second university in Austrian-Habsburg. In her 561 years of existence, she is proud of many thinkers little less than gods: Martin Heidegger, Hannah Arendt, Karl Rahner, Rudolf Carnap, David Daube, Johann Eck, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Friedrich Hayek, Edmund Husserl, Friedrich Meinecke, Max Weber, Paul Uhlenhuth, Ernst Read more

Not in spite of religion but because of it, leaders elected to defend the lives and property of every Nigerian are now supervising the ruthless slaughtering of fellow citizens. In spite of their faith, Christian politicians are more concerned about their political ambition than the Islamic aspiration of dipping the Koran at the eastern heart of River Niger. History shows Read more

One of my sober moments in 2018 was reading an aggressive comment of a newly recruited Catholic politician attacking a Catholic priest for condemning the oppression of a government: “Father, stay out of this” he warned twice. When Christians sacrifice truth in defence of evil regime, it is a painful reminder that Michael Crownwell is not dead. Not much of Read more